Skate



Il. H. BVARNEY..

Skate;

n `No.;235,492. Patented Dec. 14,1880.

y UNITED STATES v PATENT OFFICEO EVERETT DARNEY, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

SKATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 235,492, dated December 14, 1880.

Application led April 29, 1876.

To all lwhom it may concern i Be it. known that I, EVERETT H. BARNEY, of Springfield, in the State of Massachusetts,

have invented a new and useful Improvement in Skates, and I flo-,hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and eXact description thereof, reference being Vhad to the accompanying drawings, makinga part of this specilication, and to the letters ot' reference marked thereon.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved skate. Fig. 2 is a plan view ofthe top edge of the runner and the top o f the standards, with the sole and heel plates removed. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the toe of the runner and the forward standard, with the sole-plate removed. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the heel of the skate and rear standards, with the heel-plate removed. Fig. 5 is a view, in vertical sections, through the rear standards, on the line x a', Fig. 1.

Like letters and iigures refer to the same parts inthe different views.u

My invention relates to lsuch skates as are made wholly of metal; andI my improved skate consists of a cast-iron runner and standards cast inone piece, with the runner cast thickest alongits lower edge,forming ribs Qn both sides of the web, and a portion of the standards being cast with double vertical strengtheningribs united at their upper ends to form a broad support on the top of said standards for the sole and heel plates, which are made of malleable iron and riveted to the standards above mentioned. On the under side of the said sole-plate and heel-plate are secured the clamps worked by screws to secure the skate to the boot.

In the drawings, A represents the sole-plate of the skate, and B the heel-plate, both cast of Vmalleable iron, with the downwardly-projecting pieces, a, cast thereupon standing at right angles to the under face of said plates, and afterward being bent inwardly toward each other, so as to form supports for the clamps b, which slide between them. The said clamps b are made to grasp the sole and heel of the boot by screwing up the screws m, which pass through the ears n of said clamps.

Two rear standards, 3 and 4, are cast on runner D, leaving an intervening opening, I, between them.

The ears n of the heel-clamps b are free to approach each other under the heel-plate, working through opening I by screw m.

D is the runner of the ska-te. l 2 3 are the standards thereof, and E is a strengtheningrib on both sides of the web, running from the heel of the runner D up to and across the top of standard 4, where it increases in lateral dimension, thence around the edge of opening I, and thence up to and across the top of standard 3, where it increases in lateral dimension, and from the latter along the top of edge-runner D, and up the rear edge of standard 2 to the under side of the sole-plate. From the forward edge of standard 2 up against the soleplate a strengthening-rib F commences, following the top edge of runner D to the rear edge of standard 1, and upward to the soleplate, where it increases in lateral dimension. Said rib recommences in the same form under the sole-plate just described on the front edge of standard l, and runs down the said front edge to the toe of the runner. The strengthening-rib E, as it crosses the tops of the standards 3 and 4, increases in lateral dimension, having a bracket form, as shown at d, and forms broader supports for the heel-plates, and, following the front and rear edges of standards 3 and 4, it forms strong vertical supports for said standards. Rib F adds strength to that portion of the runner immediately under the sole-plate, and, passing up the rear edge of standard 1, increases in lateral dimension at its junction with the sole-plate. Thus on the top of standard 1 is formed a broad support for the forward end of the sole-plate, and the vertical portions of rib F on the front and rear edges of standards 1 give to that standard all required strength.

Riveting-studs are cast on the tops of the standards, as partly shown in Figs. 3 and 4, by means of which the sole and heel plates are riveted thereto.

The lateral extension in bracket form of the strengthening ribs, which pass horizontally across the tops of the standards, forms broadfaced supports for the sole and heel plates.

I cast my skate-runner thickest along the bottom edge, and reduce the thickness of the runner above the said thick portion, so that the skate-runnermay have its bottom edge and two opposite sides conveniently ground or other- IOO wisefinished,forthepurposeotformngthe req uisite sharp longitudinal edges on the bottom of the runner, without grinding or finishing the sides of the runner any higher than may be required to produce the requisite tinish on the side of the runner immediately above said sharp edges. Also, b v casting the bottom edge ofthe runner thicker for a short distance above its bottom edge, I provide a definite iinish-line on the side ofthe runner, leaving the portion above said finish-line untouched by the iinishing` or grinding tool.

I do not claim any particular form for the ribbed upper edge of the runner of this skate, as it is obvious that that is not essential.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination oi' the sole plate A,

clamps b, screw m, hook-supports a, standard 1, with its vertical ribs F, having lateral extensions d, of a bracket form, and standards 2, l substantially as and for the purpose set forth. i

2. The runner-standard of a skate east with double vertical strengthening-ribs, united at z5 their upper ends by a lateral extension, d, of the rib, having a bracket form for the support of the sole and heel plate, tile said ribs increasing` in lateral dimension as they approach the said sole or heel plates, substantially as 3o and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination of the heel -plate B, standards 3 and 4, with their double vertical ribs E, and the lateral extension d of the rib, having a bracket form surrounding the end 35 thereof under the sole-plate, clamps b, screw m, and hook-supports a, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The runner cfa cast-iron skate, construct ed with a web and with a rib cast on each side 4o thereof, along its bottom edge, substantially as set forth.

EVERETT H. BARNEY. Witnesses:

T. A. CURTIS, D. C. KEENEY. 

